Tag Archives: Social network
Ethiopian arrested after calls from residents Saudi police arrested an Ethiopian housemaid for walking naked in a public place and said they believe she is mentally ill. Internet users in the Gulf Kingdom, the largest base for Asian and African … read more »
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Tagged arrest, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, Maid, news ethiopia, Riyadh, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, Social network, Youtube
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6.5 million passwords posted online ‘Teams’ of hackers working together to mine information Major security risk for users who share passwords across several accounts Security experts urge users to change passwords now A Russian hacker has stolen more than … read more »
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Tagged Graham Cluley, join linkedin, LinkedIn, linkedin business, linkedin careers, linkedin job search, linkedin login, linkedin search, linkedin sign in, linkedin sign up, Next Web, password, security, Social network, Sophos, User (computing)
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Think of four of your Facebook friends. Got them? Well, one of those four friends has probably told a fib in their profile. An investigation by the Consumer Reports publication, which reviewed 2 000 American households and focused on how … read more »
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Tagged afria travel, Consumer Report, Facebook, Facebook features, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, map africa, map of africa, news, Online Communities, privacy, Social network, Social networking service, South Africa, travel to africa, United States
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Facebook has acquired photo-sharing service Instagram for $1-billion in cash and stock. The deal was announced by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a post on the social network. Instagram lets users edit photos and share them via the Instagram network, … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Android, Facebook, IndepthAfrica, Instagram, IOS, Mark Zuckerberg, Photo sharing, Social network, Zuckerberg
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September 15, 2011 by benim
Facebook unveiled a new feature called “smart lists” on Tuesday, giving its users an easier way to share photos, posts and updates with smaller groups of friends. The new function, which commences on Wednesday, borrows from the success of the … read more »
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Tagged Blake Ross, Facebook, Facebook features, Google, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Online Communities, Pan African News, Social network, Social network service, Southern Africa, West Africa
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January 25, 2011 by benim
British historical drama The King’s Speech won the most Oscar nominations on Tuesday with 12 nods for the film industry’s top honors, ahead of True Grit, with 10. Facebook movie The Social Network and Inception, had eight nominations each for … read more »
Posted in Entertainment, World Entertainment
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Tagged Academy Award, Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay), Africa maps, Africa news, African news, breaking news, Coen brothers, David O. Russell, Embassies and Consulates, Helena Bonham Carter, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, News local news, newspapers, Social network, Toy Story 3, World news
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Facebook has received investments that place the social network’s value at $50 billion, according to a published report. Goldman Sachs (GS, Fortune 500) and an unnamed Russian investor have invested $500 million in Facebook, the New York Times reported late … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, breaking news, Digital Sky Technologies, Facebook, Goldman Sachs, IndepthAfrica, Mark Zuckerberg, New York Times, News local news, newspapers, Social network, Time Person Of The Year, World news
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November 20, 2010 by benim
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that his company is to launch a new email messaging system. Photograph: Marcio Jose Sanchez/APOne of my boys has his birthday this weekend. Even if he hadn’t been reminding me on a daily basis, … read more »
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Tagged Andrew Bosworth, computing, Cross-platform software, email address, Facebook, gmail, IndepthAfrica, Instant messaging client, mail, Mark Zuckerberg, Online social networking, Saint Albans, San Francisco, SMS, Social information processing, Social network, Technology Internet, technology-news, Web 2.0, World Wide Web
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November 16, 2010 by benim
They said it wouldn’t last — e-mail, that is. Crippled by a ceaseless deluge of spam and infected with computer viruses and malware, e-mail became the symbol of all that was wrong with technology. Then came texting and smartphones and … read more »
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Tagged Andrew Bosworth, computing, Cross-platform software, email address, Facebook, gmail, IndepthAfrica, Instant messaging client, mail, Mark Zuckerberg, Online social networking, Saint Albans, San Francisco, SMS, Social information processing, Social network, Technology Internet, technology-news, Web 2.0, World Wide Web
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November 15, 2010 by benim
According to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the company’s unofficial mission is to make “the world more open and connected.” But there are limits to how open you should be on Facebook and while you might enjoy sharing photos and status … read more »
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Tagged Andrew Bosworth, computing, Cross-platform software, email address, Facebook, gmail, IndepthAfrica, Instant messaging client, mail, Mark Zuckerberg, Online social networking, Saint Albans, San Francisco, SMS, Social information processing, Social network, Technology Internet, technology-news, Web 2.0, World Wide Web
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November 15, 2010 by benim
SAN FRANCISCO–”We don’t think that a modern messaging system is going to be e-mail,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a press conference on Monday morning as it unveiled a hotly anticipated revamp of its messaging system that many pundits … read more »
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Tagged Andrew Bosworth, computing, Cross-platform software, email address, Facebook, gmail, IndepthAfrica, Instant messaging client, mail, Mark Zuckerberg, Online social networking, Saint Albans, San Francisco, SMS, Social information processing, Social network, Technology Internet, technology-news, Web 2.0, World Wide Web
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November 3, 2010 by benim
A curious statement released by the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) on Wednesday calling for the “closer’ of Twitter is fast becoming viral among South Africans on the popular social network. And in an ironic twist, a fake Floyd … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African National Congress, African National Congress Youth League, Congress of South African Trade Unions, Indepth Africa, Jacob Zuma, Julius Malema, Social network, South Africa, Twitter
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